Worlds Apart - Chapter Twenty Three
Drops of rain spattered against the tractor’s bright green paint, throwing smaller droplets into Bo’s face as he worked. Annoying as it was, he would never complain about rain. Long summers working on his grandparents’ farm as a youngster...
Worlds Apart - Epilogue
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Bone King: Drunken Shenanigans [Pre-Apocalypse]
The smell of whisky flowed from the man and carl immediately recognised him as lucas davenshire, commander of the tank _drunken shenanigans_.
Worlds Apart - Chapter Nineteen
Bo pulled the suits and tanks out of the locker, then stood back and observed the spheres. they didn’t seem to want to drift into the closet as much as they wanted to gather around the seam between it and the surrounding panels.
Worlds Apart - Chapter Twenty-Eight
Dan had expected to rejoin the survey crew by nightfall, but an unexpected headwind slowed their progress to a crawl. “It's getting dark soon," he told the person on the other end of the radio, “and I don't want Dali to...run into something we...
Filling the Void - Chapter Twenty-four (and a half)
Sixteen hours spent riding between House Mal and the Kenzine monastery had given Victus plenty of time to think. He'd started his journey contemplating the possibility that Lucas MacKenzie would have been better off had he been left in the pits, but...
Worlds Apart - Chapter Twenty Four
Withdrawing from a bond was far easier than establishing one, and Victus had to expend the last of his reserves to keep his awareness from being flung back into his corporeal body with shock-inducing speed. When he finally did open his eyes, it was to...
Worlds Apart - Chapter Twenty-Seven
Shielding his eyes from the morning sun’s glare, Bo scanned the horizon for any sign of his rescuers. He could feel Dan growing closer, but he resisted the urge to reach out to him. What could he possibly say? The shame of costing the entire...
Worlds Apart - Chapter Twenty Two
“here,” dan said, pulling a large plastic tank out of a cabinet and pushing bo inside in its place. he’d barely had time to latch it shut when the door opened behind him.
Filling the Void - Chapter Twenty-One
"I'm worried about my boy." Dagen pulled a used paper napkin out of his pocket and wrung it in his hands, absentmindedly twisting it this way and that. Even though dead air was generally discouraged while on long-distance vid calls, he was glad that...
Worlds Apart - Chapter Sixteen
The first electronic map Dan passed was a shattered mess. The next one gave him directions to the medbay, but only after delivering a strongly worded suggestion that he turn back and call for assistance from the safety of his cabin. Ignoring the...
Worlds Apart - Chapter Twenty One
Before the sun was even over the horizon, Dan's eyes snapped open like they hadn't since he'd fallen asleep in the middle of his freshman exams. What the... He sat up straight in bed. Disoriented, he looked around him for something familiar but saw...